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March 13, 2013
Having spearheaded several megadeals in the health care and technology industry, including GlaxoSmithKline PLC's $3.6 billion buy of Human Genome Sciences Inc. last year, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP partner Benet O'Reilly has earned a spot as one of Law360's five mergers and acquisitions rising stars under 40.
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March 12, 2013
Morrison & Foerster LLP partner Jaclyn Liu helped handle the largest U.S. merger of 2012 — SoftBank Corp.'s $20 billion acquisition of a 70 percent interest in Sprint Nextel Corp. — while simultaneously working two other major deals, helping her land a spot among Law360's five M&A rising stars under 40.
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March 11, 2013
Jones Day transactional ace James Dougherty provides global administrative leadership for the firm's corporate practice and advised Sherwin-Williams Co. on its $2.3 billion acquisition of a Mexican paint and coatings business in November, landing him a spot as one of Law360's five rising stars in M&A law.
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March 08, 2013
Michal Berkner knew as a first-year law student that she wanted to do M&A, and that she wanted to do it at Skadden. Now the 39-year-old is one of the highest-ranking female dealmakers at the firm and, after helping to seal the world's biggest transaction of 2012, one of Law360's M&A Rising Stars.
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March 08, 2013
We're pleased to announce Law360's Rising Stars for 2013, our list of the 111 attorneys under 40 whose legal accomplishments belie their age.
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April 05, 2012
With a client list envied by mergers and acquisitions practitioners twice his age, including names like Johnson & Johnson, Qualcomm Inc., Credit Suisse AG and Goldman Sachs & Co., Damien R. Zoubek of Cravath Swaine & Moore LLP has earned one of five spots on Law360's list of rising stars under 40 in the practice area.
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April 04, 2012
Kirkland & Ellis LLP's William Sorabella helped pioneer a first-of-its-kind deal structure that took fast-food chain Burger King private in 2010. This week, he hammered out the transaction that will put the company back on the New York Stock Exchange, a deal that involved a $1.4 billion stake sale, a trio of outsized investor personalities and readying the company for public trading.
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April 03, 2012
The youngest of four children, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Matthew P. Salerno is no stranger to being surrounded by older people — and it hasn't hampered his career, as his work on Alpha Natural Resources Inc.'s $8.5 billion Massey Energy Co. acquisition and Google Inc.'s $12.5 billion Motorola Mobility Inc. deal have earned him a place among Law360's top five M&A lawyers under 40.
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April 02, 2012
With several high-profile notches on her belt, including co-leading the team that represented Skype Technologies SA in its $8.5 billion sale to Microsoft Corp., Sullivan & Cromwell LLP partner Sarah Payne has secured a spot among Law360's list of five attorneys under 40 to watch in the mergers and acquisitions practice.
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March 30, 2012
Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP partner Elizabeth Cooper's work on Charles Schwab Corp.'s $1 billion acquisition of optionsXpress Holdings Inc. and her representation of the U.S. Treasury in connection with the $250 billion TARP program have earned her a spot as one of Law360's top five M&A lawyers under 40.
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March 17, 2011
Kirkland & Ellis LLP partner Daniel Wolf 's work with Avis Budget Group Inc. in its $1.52 billion bid to acquire Dollar Thrifty Automotive Group Inc., and his representation of ABB Ltd. in its $4.2 billion purchase of Baldor Electric Co., have earned him a spot on Law360's list of five M&A lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 16, 2011
In 2010, Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP's Ken Wolff helped guide a number of significant transactions in Brazil, as well as Exxon Mobil Corp.'s $41 billion acquisition of XTO Energy Inc., earning him a spot on Law360's list of five corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 15, 2011
Eduardo Gallardo of Gibson Dunn & Crutcher LLP spearheaded three multibillion-dollar sales for companies like Baldor Electric Co. and Del Monte Foods Co. in 2010, landing him on Law360's list of five corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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March 14, 2011
Jason Kyrwood of Davis Polk & Wardwell LLP led high-profile clients like the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and Warner Chilcott Pharmaceuticals Inc. through big-budget financing deals that set market terms against the backdrop of the credit crisis, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five corporate finance lawyers under 40 to watch.
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March 11, 2011
The $3 billion acquisition of J.Crew Group Inc. was just one of the recent deals in which Willkie Farr & Gallagher LLP partner Adam Turteltaub displayed what colleagues called a command of key facts and ability to hold a room, earning him a spot on Law360's list of five corporate finance lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 16, 2010
Taking the lead in closing a number of megadeals, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Benet O’Reilly has helped Hewlett-Packard Co. wrap up its $13.9 billion takeover of Electronic Data Systems Corp. and assisted TPG Capital and Goldman Sachs Capital Partners in completing their $27.5 billion transaction involving Alltel Corp., earning him a spot on Law360’s list of 10 corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 15, 2010
Reed Smith LLP's David Mittelman regularly uses the insight gained from a seven-year stint with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission to help publicly traded companies — including Talecris Biotherapeutics Holdings Corp. — navigate through key aspects of multimillion-dollar deals, an approach that has earned him a place among Law360's 10 corporate finance lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 14, 2010
With experience working on the initial public offerings of multibillion-dollar Chinese companies including Baidu Inc. and Ctrip.com International Ltd., Skadden Arps Slate Meagher & Flom LLP partner Z. Julie Gao has earned a spot on Law360's list of 10 corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 13, 2010
Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP partner Bill Miller has had a hand in some of the largest corporate deals in recent memory, including the leveraged buyout of Clear Channel Communications Inc. and spinoffs of Ticketmaster Entertainment Inc. and HSN Inc. from IAC/InterActive Corp., making him one of Law360's 10 corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 12, 2010
An ability to dig up financing for massive baked goods company Grupo Bimbo SAB de CV when it wanted to acquire Weston Foods Inc. in the middle of a global downturn has helped land Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP's Chantal E. Kordula a spot on Law360's list of 10 corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 09, 2010
Making the most of preparation and opportunity, Cahill Gordon & Reindel LLP partner Douglas S. Horowitz hit the ground running in the recent buyout boom and worked on notable transactions for SunGard Data Systems and Thomson Learning, landing him a spot on Law360’s 10 corporate finance lawyers under 40 to watch.
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April 08, 2010
Matching consummate legal knowledge with deal-making mojo, Kirkland & Ellis LLP’s Robert M. Hayward has represented marquee public companies including Kellogg Co. and The Boeing Co. in multibillion-dollar offerings, making him one of Law360’s corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 07, 2010
In addition to leading Baker Donelson Bearman Caldwell & Berkowitz PC's securities and corporate governance practice group, Tonya M. Grindon has forced a hostile bidder for Southwest Royalties Inc. to double its acquisition price and assisted private equity fund Clean Energy Capital in ousting the controversial CEO of a public company it held a majority stake in, making her one of Law360's 10 corporate finance attorneys under 40 to watch.
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April 06, 2010
When an initial public offering for telecom revolutionary Skype Ltd. turned into a sale transaction, Sidley Austin LLP's Sharon Flanagan had the broad range of corporate finance experience to help lead eBay Inc. successfully through the deal, making her one of Law360's 10 corporate finance rising legal stars under 40.
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April 05, 2010
In the midst of a recession that has curtailed deal-making, Sidley Austin LLP's Chris Abbinante brokered Bill Me Later Inc.'s $945 million acquisition by eBay Inc. and recruited six private equity attorneys, making him one of Law360's 10 corporate finance lawyers under 40 to watch.